Travel Shoe Care Set in Leather Case with Brushes, Shoehorn & Cloth – Vintage 1950s from Austria

A practical travel shoe-shine set from the 1950s – in a compact zippered case, filled with everything the well-groomed traveler needed: two natural-bristle brushes with wooden handles, a celluloid shoehorn, a polishing cloth and a tin of shoe polish.

Character

A piece of travel culture from the days when people appeared with shining shoes even on the road – for business trips, summer holidays or hotel rooms.

Details & Condition

• Contents: 2 brushes (natural bristle, wood), shoehorn (celluloid), polishing cloth, shoe polish
• Case: leather or faux leather, with zipper
• Case height: 11 cm / 4.3 in
• Case diameter: 7.5 cm / 3.0 in
• Origin: Austria
• Date: 1950–1959
• Condition: very good and usable; at the start of the zipper the seam to the lid is slightly torn (see photo). The old shoe polish should be replaced before use.

Who It's For

For gentlemen with style, lovers of fifties travel accessories and collectors – an original Christmas gift.

At the flea market in Gmünd the case lay in an old leather suitcase – as if it had only just finished its last journey.

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